Ukraine gained independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. In February 2014, President Victor Yanukovych was ousted by pro-EuroâAtlantic members of parliament after he used security forces to crack down on popular protests against his attempt to tighten ties with Russia.
They are generally thought to be called wisdom teeth because they appear so late â much later than the other teeth, at an age where people are presumably wiser than as a child, when the other teeth erupt. The term probably came as a translation of the Latin dens sapientiae.
A patient speaking with an oral surgeon in a medical office. Wisdom teeth -- also called third molars -- are teeth in the back of your jaw that emerge during your late teens and mid 20s. Many times there is not enough room for these teeth to fit comfortably in your jaw. Wisdom teeth may not fully emerge, or may crowd nearby teeth, often leading to jaw pain.